2004 University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Doctor of Philosophy (Law), Law School1998 University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Honors Degree (First Class), Cultural Studies and Philosophy1997 University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Bachelor of Arts

FELLOWSHIPS/ AWARDS

2013 Exceptional Merit Award, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts.2012-2013 Lilly Teaching Fellowship, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts.2012-2013 Interdisciplinary Seminar in the Humanities and Fine Arts (ISHA) Fellowship, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts.2011 Crossroads in the Study of the Americas (CISA) Fellowship, Five Colleges Program, Amherst, Massachusetts.2008-2010 Visiting Fellow, Institute for Law and Society, School of Law, New York University, New York City, New York.2007-2008 Postdoctoral Fellowship, John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.2007 Fellowship, The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.2006-2007 Center Fellowship, International Center for Advanced Studies, New York University, New York City, New York.2005 Award for Excellence, Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra, Australia.2005 Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. 2002-2006 Research Fellowship, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Australia.

GRANTS

2017Teaching with Technology Grant – Gallatin, New York UniversityShadow Lines: The Hidden Relationships of Collecting (December 2017-May 2018)2015 National Endowment for the Humanities (Division of Preservation and Access) Local Contexts 2.0: Implementing the Traditional Knowledge Labels (Jan 2016-Jan 2019) 2015 New York University Research Challenge Fund Local Contexts 1.5 (June 2015-May 2016) 2015 Arcadia FoundationLocal Contexts, TK Labels and the Library of Congress Project Collaborators: Kim Christen Withey, Washington State University and Elizabeth Peterson, Library of Congress.2015 University Research Challenge Fund, New York UniversityLocal Contexts 2.02013 Mellon Foundation Mutual MentoringLaboratory for Transformative Practice in Anthropology Collaborators: Sonya Atalay, Jackie Urlaand Whitney Battle-Baptiste, University of Massachusetts2012 World Intellectual Property OrganizationTK Licenses and Labels Platform 1.0 Collaborator: Kim Christen Withey, Washington State University2012 Intellectual Property in Cultural Heritage, SSHRC CanadaTK Licenses and Labels Platform 1.0 Collaborator: Kim Christen Withey, Washington State University2012 Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice, Howard University School of LawThe Utility of Cultural Protocols within Intellectual Property Law | Bridging Historical Exclusions and Building Future Relationships, Stage One Collaborator: Julie Woods, PhD student UMass, Amherst.2012 Mellon Foundation and Five College Summer Faculty-Student Research SeminarCommunity Engagement and International Heritage Policy Collaborators: Elizabeth Chilton, Whitney Battle-Baptiste (U. of Massachusetts) and Elizabeth Klarich (Smith College). 2011 New York University School of LawCultural Protocols Workshop Collaborator: Barton Beebe, NYU2011 School of Social and Behavior Sciences, University of Massachusetts, AmherstCultural Protocols Workshop2009 Canada Council for the ArtsTransMission: Transmission of Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property Collaborators: Merle C. Alexander and Greg Younging, Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus of Canada2002 -2006 Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and Intellectual Property Research Institute of AustraliaIntellectual Property and Indigenous Knowledge: Access, Ownership and Control of Cultural Materials

2017 Intellectual Property Workshop and Training Sam Noble Museum, Oklahoma, 9 November 2017. 2017 Local Contexts: Traditional Knowledge Labels Research Workshop and Training Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indians, Maine, May 10, 11. 2017 Local Contexts: Traditional Knowledge Labels Research Workshop and Training Peabody Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology, Harvard University, March 9. 2017 Intellectual Property and TK Labels Workshop Sustainable Heritage Network, University of Washington, February 23, 24. 2016 Local Contexts: Traditional Knowledge Labels Research Workshop and Training Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indians, Maine, November 17. 2016 Local Contexts: Traditional Knowledge Labels Research Workshop and Training Penobscot Nation, Maine, November 15, 16. 2016 Local Contexts: Traditional Knowledge Labels Research Workshop and Training Karuk Tribe, California, November 1-4. 2016 Local Contexts: Traditional Knowledge Labels Research Workshop and Training Penobscot Nation, Maine, August 18, 19. 2016 Local Contexts: Traditional Knowledge Labels Research Workshop and Training Native American Museum Studies Institute, University of California, Berkeley, June 22, 23. 2016 Ancestral Voices/Local Contexts: A Model for the Preservation, Curation and Attribution of Indigenous Archival C Collections Passamaquoddy Nation, Maine, May 10, 11. 2016 Local Contexts: Traditional Knowledge Labels Research Workshop and Training Penobscot Nation, Maine, May 12, 13. 2015 Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge Labels Workshop Nakwatsvewet Institute, Hopi Nation, Arizona.2014 Traditional Knowledge Licenses and Labels Workshop Scowlitz Band of the Sto:lo Nation, BC, Canada. (with Kim Christen Withey)2014 Copyright Regimes and the Right to Culture and Creativity - Experts Meeting on IP and Human Rights for UN Special Rapporteur Farida Rasheed Law School, New York University. (with Jason Schultz)2014 Briefing on Traditional Cultural Expressions for Diplomatic Missions to the UN World Intellectual Property Organization, New York.2014 Traditional Knowledge Workshop for ITC Economic Empowerment of Women in the Pacific International Trade Center and World Intellectual Property Organization, New York.2014 Special Experts Meeting for Amar Kanwar Creative Time Summit, Stockholm.2013-2014 Laboratory for Transformative Practice in Anthropology Bi-weekly Seminar Series and Workshop, Department of Anthropology, UMASS, Amherst. (with Sonya Atalay)2013 Challenges in the Ethnography of Activism Workshop Department of Anthropology, UMASS, Amherst. (with Jackie Urla and Julie Hemment)2011 National Cultural Protocols Workshop Law School, New York University, New York.2011 Intellectual Property and Cultural Heritage Workshop Penobscot Nation, Maine.2011 Briefing on Protocols and Guidelines for Ethical Engagement with Indigenous and Local Communities, Estee Lauder Head Office, New York.2009 Documentation and Archiving the Performing Arts: Intellectual Property Rights and Intangible Cultural Heritage World Intellectual Property Organization and the Archives and Research Center for Ethnomusicology and American Institute of Indian Studies in New Dehli, India.2005-2007 The Propertization of Traditional Arts in Indonesia Ford Foundation and Social Science Research Council, Indonesia and New York.2005 Evaluation of the Northern Territory Government’s Library and Knowledge Center Models Northern Territory Libraries, Northern Territory, Australia2005 National Cultural Heritage Workshop Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and the Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, Canberra, Australia.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY / UNITED NATIONS MEETINGS AND NEGOTIATIONS

2017 World Intellectual Property Organization Seminar on Intellectual Property and Traditional Cultural Expressions WIPO Headquarters, Geneva. 2012 United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Special Side Event - WIPO and the Protection of Indigenous Knowledge United Nations Headquarters, New York.2012 World Intellectual Property Organization Special Side Event – Introducing the TK Licenses and Labels2012 United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Special Side Event – WIPO and the Protection of Indigenous Knowledge United Nations Headquarters, New York City, New York.2009-2011 World Intellectual Property Organization Advisor on Text-Based Negotiations - Intergovernmental Committee on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions With Greg Young-ing on behalf of Creators Rights Alliance, Canada World Intellectual Property Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.2009 United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Special Side Event - Indigenous Rights and Traditional Knowledge: Future Directions United Nations Headquarters, New York City, New York.2008 World Intellectual Property Organization Towards International IP Guidelines for Documenting, Recording and Digitizing Intangible Cultural Heritage World Intellectual Property Organization Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.2007 United Nations Director of Public Information International Developments and Directions in Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge Protection United Nations Headquarters, New York City, New York.2007 United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Special Side Event: Territories, Lands and Natural Resources United Nations Headquarters, New York City, New York.2007 United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Convention of Biological Diversity: International Regime on Access and Benefit Sharing and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights. United Nations Headquarters, New York City, New York.

2017 ‘Decolonial Futures: The Traditional Knowledge Labels’ Plenary Race + IP Conference, Boston College, Boston.2017 ‘Collaborative and Transformative Projects of Scale: Rethinking Colonial Possession of Indigenous Culture in Cultural Institutions’ Critical Conversations in Cultural Heritage, University of California, Santa Cruz.2016 ‘Ancestral Voices/Local Contexts: A Model for the Preservation, Curation and Attribution of Indigenous Archival Collections’ Society of American Archivists Annual Conference, Atlanta.2016 ‘Colonial Archives and Copyright’ In the workshop Open Graves/Open Archives: Ethics and Evidence, Haverford College, Philadelphia.2015 ‘Decolonial Futures for Ethnographic Collections’ In ‘Art of the Archive Workshop’ UC Davis, California2015 ‘Local Contexts: Traditional Knowledge Licenses and Labels’ Department of Anthropology, University College of London2014 ‘Indigenous Peoples, Collections and the Return of Cultural Property’ In panel ‘Stolen Art: Who Owns the Art Hanging on the Walls?’ American Bar Association2014 ‘The Colonial Commons’ In ‘Debt and the Commons: The Historical Present of Property and Indigenous Dispossession Workshop’ Law School, Harvard University2013 ‘Coloniality, Present/Past and the Challenges of Activist Ethnography’ In panel ‘Once you see it, you can’t unsee it (A.Roy): Negotiating Inequality and Coloniality in Anthropological Epistemology and Archaeological Practice’ American Anthropology Association2012 ‘Intellectual Property and Innovation for Protection’ In panel ‘The Road to Engagement: Indigenous Justice and Sovereignty in New England’ Native American and Indigenous Studies Association2011 ‘Measuring Culture | Defining Identity: Indigenous Specific Indicators as a Site of Struggle Project. Can Indicators Become Instruments for Political Strategy?’ In ‘Roundtable – Indicators in Global Governance’ Law and Society Association2011 ‘Indigenous peoples and the Tragedy of the Commons’ In ‘The Many Forms of Commons: Regulation and Incentivization of Creativity in IP’ Law and Society Association2012 ‘The Politics of WIPO and the Inter-Governmental Committee on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions’ Law School, Arizona State University, Arizona.2012 ‘Kung-Fu-Panda: [Nations] and the International Politics of Traditional Knowledge within the World Intellectual Property Organization’ Law School, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.2010 ‘Discursive Disorder: Power, Authority and Politics in Indigenous Intellectual Property’ Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cape Town, South Africa.2009 ‘Indigenous Rights in Traditional Knowledge Control: Practical Solutions’ Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.2008 ‘Intellectual Property, Cultural Institutions and Mediation’ International Bar Association, Buenos Aires, Argentina.2007 ‘Recent Developments in Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge Protections in Indonesia and Australia’ Edinburgh School of Law, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.2007 ‘The Practices of Intellectual Property in the Academy: The Problem for the Humanities’ In ‘The Politics of Academic Knowledge in a Global Era: Nationalism, Cosmopolitanism and Market Values’ New York University and Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.2007 ‘Indigenous Knowledge and the Politics of the Access to Knowledge (A2K) Movement’ International Centre for Advanced Studies, New York University, New York City, New York.2007 ‘Politics, Knowledge and Indigenous Interests’ Institute for the History of the Production of Knowledge, New York University, New York City, New York.2006 ‘The Imaginary Politics of Access to Knowledge: Whose Cultural Agenda’s are Being Advanced?’ (with co-author Kathy Bowrey), Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE / CLASSES TAUGHT

2017 Anthropology in and of Museums (UA 320-001) Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York. 2017 Anthropology in and of Museums – Topics in Museum Studies (MSMS-GA 330-005) Museum Studies, New York University, New York. 2016 Heritage, Memory and Negotiating Temporalities – Topics in Museum Studies (MSMS-GA 3330-003) Museum Studies, New York University, New York. 2016 Anthropology in and of Museums (UA 320-001) Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York. 2016 Anthropology in and of Museums – Topics in Museum Studies (MSMS-GA 330-005) Museum Studies, New York University, New York. 2015 Heritage, Memory and Negotiating Temporalities – Topics in Museum Studies (MSMS-GA 3330-003) Museum Studies, New York University, New York2015 Heritage, Cultural Property and Colonialism Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York2014 Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge (LAW-LW 11910-001) Law School, New York University, New York2014 Heritage, Memory and Negotiating Temporalities – Topics in Museum Studies (MSMS-GA 3330-003) Museum Studies, New York University, New York2014 Reading in Anthropology (ANTH-GA 3912-002) Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York2014 Directed Research (LAW-LW 10737-033) Law School, New York University, New York2014 Heritage of Colonialism (497JA & 697JA) Department of Anthropology, UMass, Amherst, Massachusetts.2014 Writing in Anthropology (804) Department of Anthropology, UMass, Amherst, Massachusetts.2013 Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge (LAW-LW 11910-001) School of Law, New York University, New York.2013 Heritage of Colonialism (497JA & 697JA) Department of Anthropology, UMass, Amherst, Massachusetts.2013 Theory and Method in Cultural Anthropology (641) Department of Anthropology, UMass, Amherst, Massachusetts.2012 Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge (LAW-LW 11910-001) Law School, New York University, New York.2012 Theory and Method in Cultural Anthropology (641) Department of Anthropology, UMass, Amherst, Massachusetts.2012 Introduction to International Heritage Studies (597PP) Department of Anthropology, UMass, Amherst, Massachusetts.2012 The Politics and Practice of Cultural Heritage (397AB) Department of Anthropology, UMass, Amherst, Massachusetts.2012 Heritage of Colonialism (497JA & 697JA) Department of Anthropology, UMass, Amherst, Massachusetts.2011 Theory and Method in Cultural Anthropology (641) Department of Anthropology, UMass, Amherst, Massachusetts.2011 Law, Anthropology and Social Justice (497SJ) Department of Anthropology, UMass, Amherst, Massachusetts.2011 Introduction to International Heritage Studies (597PP) Department of Anthropology, UMass, Amherst, Massachusetts.2011 Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge (LAW-LW 11910-001) Law School, New York University, New York2010 The Politics and Practice of Cultural Property (597PP) Department of Anthropology UMass, Amherst, Massachusetts.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE / GUEST LECTURER

2009-2015 ‘International Politics, Human Rights and Intellectual Property’ in International Intellectual Property with Rochelle Dreyfus, Law School, New York University, New York City, New York.2013 ‘Activism and Engaged Research’ in Methods and Practices in Feminist Research with Angie Willey, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts.2010 ‘Ethical Frameworks and Legal Innovation’ in Introduction to Law and Society with Jennifer Hamilton, Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts.2010 ‘Feminist Legal Theory, Narrative and Appropriation’ in Feminist Legal Theory with Patricia Williams, Law School, Columbia University, New York City, New York.2010 Protocols and Policy in Practice – Cultural Heritage Workshop with Haidy Geismar Department of Museum Studies, New York University, New York.2009 ‘Genomics and Human Rights’ in The Language of Genomics with Patricia Williams at Law School, Columbia University, New York City, New York.2008 ‘Politics and Practice in International Cultural Institutions’ in Culture and Museums with Haidy Geismar, Department of Museum Studies, New York University, New York City, New York.2007 ‘Law, Art and Value’ in Law and Anthropology, with Sally Merry, Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York City, New York.2007 ‘The Practices of Intellectual Property: Traditional Knowledge Protection in Indonesia and Australia’With Annalise Riles, Law School, Cornell University, Ithica, New York.2007 ‘Intellectual Property and Cultural Heritage’ Law School, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.2007 Traditional Knowledge Authorities and the United Nations System’, with Peter Jaszi, Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, DC.